Aider alternatives
11 tools that do a similar job to Aider, compared on the things that usually decide the switch: price, free plan, API and platforms.
- 1G
AI coding assistant and agents for editors, terminal, desktop and GitHub
Mobile appDesktop app - 2C
- 3O
OpenAI's coding agent for the desktop, CLI, IDE, web and iOS, included in ChatGPT plans
Has an APIMobile app - 4W
AI coding IDE and command center for running local and cloud coding agents
Has an APIDesktop app - 5D
Autonomous AI software engineer that writes, tests and reviews code to merge-ready PRs
Desktop app - 6C
- 7J
Run and review AI coding agents across projects in JetBrains IDEs, web and CLI
- 8K
Spec-driven agentic coding IDE and CLI for developers and engineering teams
- 9A
- 10K
Open-source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, CLI and cloud with 500+ models
Desktop appSelf-hosted - 11T
Side-by-side comparison
| Tool | Price | Free plan | API | Open source | Platforms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Free | — | ||||
| G GitHub Copilot | Free · from $10/mo | web, macos, vscode, jetbrains | vs Aider | |||
| C Cursor | Free · from $8/mo | macos, web, slack | vs Aider | |||
| O OpenAI Codex | Free · from $8/mo | web, ios, api, slack | vs Aider | |||
| W Windsurf | Free · from $20/mo | macos, jetbrains | vs Aider | |||
| D Devin | Free · from $20/mo | web, windows, macos, linux | vs Aider | |||
| C Cline | Free | vscode, jetbrains, macos, windows | vs Aider | |||
| J JetBrains AI | Free · from $10/mo | web, jetbrains | vs Aider | |||
| K Kiro | Free · from $20/mo | web | vs Aider | |||
| A Amazon Q Developer | Free · from $19/mo | web, vscode, jetbrains, slack | vs Aider | |||
| K Kilo Code | Free · from $15/mo | vscode, jetbrains, web, macos | vs Aider | |||
| T Tabby | Free · from $19/mo | self-hosted, vscode, jetbrains, web | vs Aider |